05/07/2024
NEW YORK – Unionized editorial workers, represented by The NewsGuild of New York, at People, People video, Entertainment Weekly and Martha Stewart Living have reached contract agreements with Dotdash Meredith in a joint deal that, among other things, lifts the average union worker’s pay immediately by an average of 15%.
05/07/2024
NEW YORK – The NewsGuild of New York supports state Senate Bill S7759, which would keep police radio transmissions open to the public.
Read more … NEWSGUILD OF NEW YORK SUPPORTS STATE SENATE BILL ‘KEEP POLICE RADIO PUBLIC ACT’
05/06/2024
NEW YORK – NewsGuild of New York-represented staff at Condé Nast brands such as Vanity Fair, GQ, Vogue, Glamour, Bon Appétit and more have reached a tentative contract agreement with the company, averting what could have been a work stoppage timed to begin today, the day of the Met Gala.
Read more … Condé Union Settles Contract, Averting Work Stoppage Ahead of Met Gala
04/25/2024
NEW YORK – Unionized staff at Condé Nast brands such as Vanity Fair, GQ, Bon Appétit and more will be distributing informational fliers tonight throughout the neighborhood of infamous Vogue editor Anna Wintour, to bring attention to their fight for a fair contract against her and other executives at the company.
03/20/2024
NEW YORK – After Tuesday’s contentious bargaining session in which Condé Nast management added five more people to their layoff list – and threatened to add even more – Condé Union members have had enough and are protesting this afternoon inside the magazine giant’s headquarters at One World Trade Center.
05/21/2019
We are happy to announce that today a card check certification was conducted at the offices of Condé Nast, officially recognizing the NewsGuild of New York as the bargaining representative of the employees of Pitchfork and Ars Technica.
03/11/2019
New York Magazine announced today that it will be implementing a “restructuring” and staff reduction, which impacts eight full-time and 16 part-time NewsGuild bargaining unit members.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on Layoffs at New York Magazine
01/17/2019
Management of The Forward, a long-standing union publication, has announced that in addition to ceasing its 121-year-old print edition, they will lay off 40 percent of editorial employees to become a more “digitally-focused” publication.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on Layoffs at The Forward
12/18/2018
Last night, we unanimously (168-0!) ratified a remarkable first contract that fiercely protects and improves the working conditions of everyone in the newsroom at Law360.
Read more … Law360 Union Statement on Unanimous Contract Ratification
12/14/2018
We’re proud to announce that our members at AskMen, Geek, Mashable, and PCMag were voluntary recognized by Ziff Davis management earlier today.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on Ziff Davis Voluntary Recognition
11/29/2018
There is no doubt these are, and will continue to be, difficult days ahead for all of our members at Mic. We are here with them, and will continue to be, every step of the way. Mic management has counted on our dedicated members to maintain its journalistic reputation and identity as a mission-driven media organization for years with their hard work, and professionalism in the face of constantly shifting and poorly-defined corporate priorities.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on Layoffs at Mic.com
11/09/2018
Meredith Corporation announced today that it will sell Fortune to Fortune Media Group Holdings Limited, owned by Chatchaval Jiaravanon, for $150 million.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on sale of Fortune Magazine
11/08/2018
President Donald Trump chose to pick a fight with the media again yesterday, further exposing a dangerous mindset toward the press and the necessary role of journalism in our society.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on President Trump's Recent Press Conference
10/24/2018
We, the Unit Council of Law360 represented by the NewsGuild of New York, are announcing that our members voted overwhelmingly Tuesday in favor of authorizing a strike, if necessary, to accomplish a strong first contract. Our company is a well-respected legal news service owned by LexisNexis, and management needs to know that after two years, enough is enough.
09/17/2018
Yesterday Meredith announced the sale of TIME magazine to Salesforce chairman and co-founder Marc Benioff and his wife Lynne, a marketing consultant and philanthropist, for $190 million.
Read more … NewsGuild of New York Statement on Purchase of TIME Magazine
11/17/2021
From Poynter: Workers at the three New York Times unions — the Times Guild, Times Tech Guild, and Wirecutter Union — rallied outside the Times building Tuesday in protest of what they say are anti-union tactics by company management.
11/16/2021
From the NYTimes: More than 100 New York Times workers and their supporters protested outside The Times’s Manhattan headquarters on Tuesday, accusing the company of delaying contract talks.
Read more … New York Times employees protest over union fights.
11/08/2021
From the NYTimes: Union members at Wirecutter, a product review website owned by The New York Times Company, said on Monday that they were prepared to stop work during the busy shopping period around Black Friday if a deal for a contract was not reached.
Read more … Wirecutter workers threaten a walkout during a peak shopping week over contract delays.
08/31/2021
From The Daily Beast: Staffers at the popular business publication Fortune planned to strike outside the magazine’s first in-person conference in years, ultimately forcing its postponement.
08/19/2021
From Poynter: The announcement comes just months after three other Gannett newsrooms in the state organized their own union drive.
Read more … From Poynter | Three more Gannett newsrooms in New Jersey are unionizing
